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West Indian Women at War documents the hitherto unrecorded contribution made by West Indian women in the British forces during the Second World War. Based on original research and interviews, the book charts the obstacles placed in the way of the recruitment of black women by a very reluctant war office. The documentary evidence of British racism uncovered by the authors makes compelling reading. But the women interviewed in this book are inspirational; they emerge as doughty fighters, as capable of taking on the war office as they were of joining the battle against Hitler.

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    A Paperback / softback by Ben Bousquet, Colin Douglas, Jocelyn Barrow

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      Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
      Publication Date: 04/12/1990
      ISBN13: 9780853157434, 978-0853157434
      ISBN10: 085315743X
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      Social and cultural history Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Social discrimination and social justice

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      Book Synopsis
      West Indian Women at War documents the hitherto unrecorded contribution made by West Indian women in the British forces during the Second World War. Based on original research and interviews, the book charts the obstacles placed in the way of the recruitment of black women by a very reluctant war office. The documentary evidence of British racism uncovered by the authors makes compelling reading. But the women interviewed in this book are inspirational; they emerge as doughty fighters, as capable of taking on the war office as they were of joining the battle against Hitler.

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